Knowledge and Politics in Plato's Theaetetus

by Paul Stern

Book Overview

The Theaetetus is one of the most widely studied of any of the Platonic dialogues because its dominant theme concerns the significant philosophical question, what is knowledge? In this book Paul Stern provides a full-length treatment of its political character in relationship to this dominant theme. He argues that this approach sheds significant light on the distinctiveness of the Socratic way of life, with respect to both its initial justification...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107407923
• ISBN13: 9781107407923
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"